Mosher named director of Institute for Systems Engineering Research
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜n engineer with decades of military research experience is now leading the Institute for Systems Engineering Research聽(ISER),聽a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and 汤头条.聽
Reed Mosher,聽director聽emeritus of聽ERDC鈥檚 Information Technology Laboratory聽and most recently a聽research聽data scientist at Jackson State University,聽is the new director of ISER,聽housed in Vicksburg at ERDC.聽Mosher spent 40 years聽at ERDC聽before retiring in 2018.聽
鈥淒r. Mosher brings a wealth of experience and connections to this role,鈥 said 汤头条 Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development Julie Jordan. 鈥溙劳诽 has a long history of聽successful聽collaborations with ERDC, and ISER has provided even more opportunities for projects that benefit聽the U.S.聽military, 汤头条 and聽the state of Mississippi. ISER is truly a unique asset for our state, and I look forward to seeing it continue to thrive under Dr. Mosher鈥檚 leadership.鈥澛
ISER works to mitigate risk, reduce cost and improve efficiency in Department of Defense acquisition programs, serves as an additional asset for the state鈥檚 industrial base for systems engineering related聽tasks, and聽creates an environment that draws DoD and civilian industry development to Mississippi.聽
A Maine native, Mosher earned his master鈥檚 degree from Mississippi State and his doctorate from Virginia Tech, both in civil engineering.聽He spent 15 years working in ERDC鈥檚 Geotechnical and Structures Lab, including four years as the lab鈥檚 lead technical director for military engineering. From 2008-2018,聽he served as director of ERDC鈥檚 Information Technology Lab and as a member of the U.S. Army鈥檚 Senior Executive Service.听听
Mosher was a part of teams that investigated terrorist attacks such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the 9-11 attack on the Pentagon,聽the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, and attacks on U.S.聽embassies聽in West Africa.聽He received the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the highest award given by the Secretary of Defense to a civilian career employee, and the Army Engineer Association鈥檚 Bronze de Fleury Medal,聽for his leadership in research that has led to the development of innovative technologies for force protection of U.S. military and civilian personnel worldwide from terrorist bombings and conventional weapons.聽
Mosher said he聽looks forward to seeing ISER take聽advantage聽of聽opportunities in emerging research areas such as artificial intelligence,聽augmented聽reality, and virtual reality, in addition to the聽institute's聽work supporting聽Mississippi manufacturers.聽He聽also聽is excited about聽the unique聽opportunities聽afforded by ISER鈥檚 connection to 汤头条 and ERDC.聽
鈥淲e want to get students at 汤头条 connected to internships and other opportunities in Vicksburg, which gives them exposure to everything going on at ERDC,鈥 Mosher said. 鈥淭he thing I think I will enjoy the most is working with the university professors to figure out what can be done and how we can make an impact. You聽often聽have people from five different departments working together on a problem that no single department could do on its own, but they all work together to solve it. Being a catalyst for that is really exciting.鈥澛
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